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City Bike Plan Aims to Create Connections for All Modes of Travel

Jul 30, 2020 08:40PM ● By Erica Cebzanov

The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) has released its 10-year Bike(+) Plan, updating the city’s existing bicycle plan developed in 1999.

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Day Owl Switches from Backpacks to Face Masks to Meet COVID Demand

Jul 29, 2020 05:49PM ● By North Hills Monthly magazine

In January 2020, when Day Owl launched its online business selling backpacks made from repurposed plastic bottles, no one could have predicted the company would produce 70,000 face shields.

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Apps for All Things COVID

Jul 29, 2020 05:40PM ● By Jennifer Monahan

COVID-fatigue is a thing. Pandemic news can be overwhelming and depressing. The initial glow may have gone from working at home.

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Finding the Right Insurance Coverage Made Much Easier through HealthMarkets

Jul 29, 2020 05:38PM ● By Vanessa Orr

Shopping for health insurance is a challenge—there are hundreds of plans from which to choose, many have different deductibles and co-pays, and some of them limit what doctors you can see.

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Young Adult Cancer Survivors Find Help, Hope through YASU

Jun 29, 2020 07:27PM ● By Kathleen Ganster

At 20 years old, you aren’t usually thinking about life and death situations. Unless of course, you’ve been diagnosed with cancer.

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A New Weapon in the Fight Against Lung Cancer

Jun 29, 2020 12:01PM ● By North Hills Monthly magazine

At UPMC Passavant–McCandless, an exciting new robotic device—the first in southwestern Pennsylvania—is enabling doctors to navigate deep inside the lungs for earlier, more precise detection of cancer.

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Global Links and Western PA Diaper Bank Collaborate to Host Diaper Distribution Event this Thursday

Jun 22, 2020 09:03AM ● By Vanessa Orr

Local humanitarian aid organization Global Links and the Western PA Diaper Bank (WPDB) have partnered to host a drive-up diaper distribution event on Thursday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., outside PPG Paints Arena, thanks to support from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.

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412 Food Rescue's App Wins Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Award

May 28, 2020 11:18PM ● By North Hills Monthly magazine

412 Food Rescue has been recognized with one of the most prestigious global media recognitions—as a winner of Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Award.

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